News Sex.com's original owner settles with VeriSign

According to the story at ZDNet, it looks as if this long running row has finally come to a head (if you'll pardon the pun ):

Gary Kremen, who lost the sex.com domain after VeriSign transferred it to a con man, has ended his battle against the company

The original owner of the Sex.com domain name has settled his lawsuit against VeriSign, ending a protracted battle over the transfer of the domain.

The settlement comes roughly nine months after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Gary Kremen, who first registered the Sex.com name in 1994, had property rights to the stolen domain and that Network Solutions, then owned by VeriSign, was liable for transferring ownership without proper authorisation. The landmark case put domain names in the same playing field as real property, giving them protections similar to a house or a car.

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